| Key combination |
CHORD |
| Like Moses' wife, per Numbers 12:1 |
ETHIOPIAN |
| Loot in an old train robbery |
MAILSACKS |
| Milan-based fashion label |
PRADA |
| Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate |
MLK |
| Mortgage giant founded in 1938 |
FANNIEMAE |
| Needle, informally |
HYPO |
| Nicks of rock |
STEVIE |
| Oft-talked of |
FAMED |
| Old Army base on the Santa Fe Trail, briefly |
FTDODGE |
| Onetime part of the U.S. arsenal |
THOR |
| Part of the U.S. arsenal |
ICBM |
| Peppermint ___ |
PATTIE |
| Perforation site |
STAMP |
| Period before après-midi |
MATIN |
| Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? |
TAKEASTEEPN |
| Qualm |
PANG |
| Regards |
DEEMS |
| Regards |
EYES |
| Republican candidate between Bush and Bush |
DOLE |
| Robert Langdon's field in 'The Da Vinci Code' |
SEMIOTICS |
| Senescence |
AGING |
| Short circuit? |
REV |
| Site of Germany's surrender in W.W. II |
REIMS |
| Some '60s hipsters |
MODS |
| Sports seasons: Abbr. |
YRS |
| Squad leader, e.g.: Abbr. |
NCO |
| Subject in many a joke |
STPETER |
| Sugar suffix |
OSE |
| They're sometimes upside-down |
CAKES |
| Turn off |
REPEL |
| U.S.S. Enterprise crewman, to Kirk |
MRSULU |
| Viking in a Dik Browne strip |
HAGAR |
| Welcome word |
ENTER |
| Whisper |
TAD |
| Wind up |
COIL |
| Without assignment |
ONSPEC |
| ___ acting |
METHOD |